Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-11-26
POLICE MUDDLE.
Investigation of Charges
Against two Officers.
CHARGES OF CORRUPTION.
Test mony of Witnesses Exam
ined Before the P,,lice COm-
missioners Yesterday.

Afford, before the Police Commission
ers, occupied the whole of yesterday
and took place in Mayor Workman
Office. Great interest was evinced by
the police and other people, who
crowded the office and at one time
blocked the pavement outside. The
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read and approved. F. II. McAllistel
was engaged as shorthand reporte'
Mr.. Stephens, the attorney for the de
PENDANTS, asked for continuance or
the grounds that they were not pre-
pared to 90 fully into the case, as they
had not known the charges previously
Mayor Workman proposed that the
examil alton be proceeded with, as
the witnesses were all present for the
prosecution. Sergeant Lumis pre-
ferred another charge, viz, that OF
intoxication, and also Of asking pay
for work done as an officer at Mrs.
Browns.
+. Andrews testified az follows: /
have known Moore three or four
months and Afford since the 26th OF
October, when | was arrested in the
Anheuser saloon, next the Postotiire.
On November 1st he came to the
United States Hotel and asked
to see me, and we had
u conversation. Afford asked
me what was going to do about my
case and | told him | did not know.
He said, "talk business and if you do
SO III see that the case does not come
up" | asked how much they would
take and they said 800. said it was
too much, but | might get them $50
and they said that would not do, and
if | did not get the amount by even
ing, the charge would be preferred
against me. Ii | gave them the
money they would protect me and all
would be right. was in the Anheu
ser saloon and Moore and Afford came
in and had two drinks with me and
my friends. | went down the street
with my friend Boyd and Moore fol-
lowed us. l went to the Saratoga
restaurant with Moore and had a
drink there and told him he was not
treating me right. He said, "you've
got big sa k, and you must give up
or I'll get you ninety days and make
a black case against YOU" j had
some money at the house, but that
was not sufficient. He said he would
put the papers on to me to burn me
up and make pimp OF me. Then he
took me 10 station and searched me and
charged me with ,agrancy. He fixed
my hail at 5000 and offered him $40 To
go with me to get bail. | have never
been tried on this charge and it is not
filed against me. | have not got my
bal yet. 1t is in the hands OF the
police yet. Crcss-examined | have
lived here two or three yeas and
have done some real estate dealing.
Nv office is on Main street. live
with a woman on Alameda street
did not give Moore e Afford any
money. | offered him money to pre-
vent being placed before the public as
n pimp and blackguard, as they said
they would do. The clerk told me
there had been no complaint entered
against me. | was arrested after leav-
ing the Anpheuser. Moore went W til
me to get the bail, got some from the
Arlington and $40 from friend, in all
5000. which | put up as bail. On a
previous occasion, as was near the
fence OF the yard wirha bicycle which
had been out on, Moore arrested me
as n yagrant, but Judge Austin dis
missed the case.
IA. BoYCE
Next testified; l have lived here five
months and came from San Francisco,
where | knew Moore on the z lice
force. On October 26th / met Afford
on Also street when | was with An
drews, and Mooce said, "Well, boys,
"what are you doing?" | told him |
worked in the Saratoga Restaurant,
and he said, ..Well, ] take you there
and see." We went and he asked the
proprietor and found | had told the
truth. then paid for the drinks and
he and Afford, l don't know which,
said "Why have you been saving that
we dare not pull you? What is
your woman doing? Talk plain
Put your woman on the Streets
and let her steal and we'll
protect you'll said 'that'simpossible
She don't know enough" He said it
was an easy matter. Then he pro-
posed that she should rob people that
came to her house and they had to
have half of all sums over 500. A
week or so after Moore came to my
room and said he had been looking
for me the Opera House, dentists
office and the Santa Fe depot had
been robbed and he told me to go and
try and dig it up, telling me that he
would give me two twenties il did it.
He afterwards asked my wife if had
done it and she told him no.
H. l.. wITzKY.
II. L. Witzky testified: I came
from San Francisco and have been
here about four m onths. Have known
M ,ore about three and half years.
I've seen Alvord there also, but did
not know him there. On October 25th
| had the following conversation with
Afford behind the Postoffice: He
asked me if wanted to make money
and proposed that | should start a
and receive all goods
brought, and when l received any
stolen stuff to put it on one side tor
either him or Moore and telephone to
the police office for them and then we
would share the reward if there was
any. told him l would see Abbott
about it. He told me that if | had Abb
bolt for a partner / was not to tell him
about this arrangement. Then they
proposed that should make my wife
earn money and l told them to come
and see her themselves. They both
came. Afford said: "Why don't you
make money and will protect you.
They proposed the robbing scheme
and she said she'd think over it.
Cross examined.-My wife lives OH
Alameda street. l gamble some
times. Was once sentenced to San
Ouintin for eight years, but was par
doned and found to be innocent. !
Afon,a ,aI Alforl